Don't lose self control[Alfred]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style,width: 400px; background-color: #382D2C; border-left: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-bottom: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-right: inset 3px #FFFFFF; -moz-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; true] Don't lose self control I'll make the rules up as we go Jayden had decided to visit one of, not the states, but a cat that belonged to one of them. Though really, he had decided last minute that he was going to visit Alfred’s cat instead. It saved him the time it would take to round up a few lock picks at least. He had made a copy of Alfred’s key, not because he was creepy, but because he visited often and it was easier. He had a copy of Johnny’s too, but that was a bit of a different relationship from his one with Alfred. It was far more complicated for one, and he honestly didn’t want to go into the nonsense it basically was on a regular basis. That didn’t stop him from staying with the state when he got beat up by a hurricane though. He definitely got beat up quite badly by it too, and he still needed bandages in some places because of it. The injuries from his house falling on top of him were long gone at least though. Thus, he was feeling well enough to travel around and make visits again. This, was exactly what he was going to do for the day, or what he planned on anyway. Whether he was caught by the tenant of said house was another story entirely. Usually, he’d pop in for a bit to visit the cat, and then leave without any notice that he was there to begin with. Anyway, when he woke up he fed his cats, got dressed and such before heading out to an airport. From there he hopped onto a plane and headed for the closest airport to Alfred’s place. He wasn’t partial to driving, didn’t have the attention span for it. So, once his flight arrived he called a taxi and was off again. Soon, the familiar house of his nation appeared. With a slight yawn he paid the cabby and made his way up to Alfred’s door. He then pulled out a set of keys and opened the door before walking in, shutting and locking it as it was behind him. Jayden then wandered about the house looking for the fluffy kitty. Once he was located Jayden scooped him up and carried him to Alfred’s room. He hopped onto the bed with Hero before curling up and snuggling with said cat. It would appear, for now, that nobody else was home so he assumed he had some time before anyone would return either. What he hadn’t counted on, was falling asleep, which he did so curled up against the warm cat on Alfred’s bed. It was just so comfortable, and he couldn’t help himself. After all, he’d just dealt with two taxi rides and a plane trip after waking up decently early. There was also the fact that he was usually up late, and pairing the two of those things meant he was a bit tired. He didn’t have time to sleep on the flight, or on the drive over, and so he fell asleep curled up and comfortable as can be. There was also the fact that he was not a light sleeper to consider, and so when the door clicked open, he didn’t hear it. The state didn’t even flinch at the noise, and instead just remained asleep and hugging his nation’s cat. 555/ tag: Alfred~Mandee/ notes: sleepehface [/style][style=display: none;]made by ashkir at rpg-directory.com

Alfred had just wrapped up a meeting with his boss and was on his way home. Instead of grabbing the usual McDonald's, Alfred decided he was in the mood for pizza. He stopped by Pizza Hut to grab a couple. He knew he wouldn't be able to eat it all on his own, but he wanted to have some leftovers to put in his fridge. Both were meat lovers, but he requested one slice on the side with anchovies. He knew his cat, Hero, would appreciate the rare treat.

Though he had no problem carrying the pizzas one-handed, it did involve a balancing act as he reached into his pocket for his keys and opened the door. He slipped his loafers off then headed to the kitchen, setting the pizzas on the counter. Now that he had both hands free, it was a lot easier for him to get settled in. He slipped off his thick coat, hoping that the groundhog was right and that it would indeed be an early spring this year.

Rubbing his hands together, Alfred gazed around his living room, frowning. Usually Hero would have strode up to him to be petted by now. Alfred began to search through the house, looking in a few other rooms before pushing the door to his bedroom open. There, he not only saw Hero but Jayden. Alfred blinked in surprise. How had he gotten in here? Oh well, at least he had two pizzas!

Alfred retrieved his phone from his pocket as quietly as he could. He pressed a few buttons. Then he held the phone a few inches from where the two figures slept...and pressed play.

Cue one extremely loud air horn.

Hero jolted awake at once, jumping off the bed with a hiss and a bushy tail. Once the cat registered his owner's presence, however, he trotted over to the nation and start nuzzling against his leg. Alfred chuckled and bent down, giving Hero a few scratches on the head as he awaited Jayden's response.

[Short...but there's not much dialogue yet, which is probably why. XD]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style,width: 400px; background-color: #382D2C; border-left: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-bottom: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-right: inset 3px #FFFFFF; -moz-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; true] Don't lose self control I'll make the rules up as we go Jayden was tired, and thus fell asleep on Alfred’s bed with a fluffy kitty named Hero. He was quite content there too, and did not want to be disturbed. Though, really, he didn’t ever like being woken up. He was very much like a cat and probably gave annoyed growls like one in his sleep any time someone tried to wake him up. It was the growl that any cat owner would recognize as ‘stop touching me I’m sleeping you silly human.’ Though usually cats were left alone when they did that, and Jayden was typically not left alone. What was he going to do bite them or something? Well, technically he could, but some people were into that sort of thing so he avoided it until he knew who it was. Anyway though, he could feel a ball of fur leave his arms and could hear the air horn, his brain just hadn’t registered any sort of reaction yet. He heard one hiss, but then two without realizing it was he who had done the hissing the second time. Suddenly, he both heard and felt a thud along with the weight of blankets and such on top of him. Oh, hey how had he ended up on the floor? Wow, he was so not coherent when he woke up. With a yawn, the pile of blankets on the floor sat up and found an Alfred rather close by. Oh, so that was what woke him up then. The state’s hair looked like he had been in some sort of crazy tornado windstorm at the moment and he was definitely not quite awake as of this moment. It was fairly obvious by the fact that he looked around for a moment seeming to forget where he had been when he went to sleep. Looking down, and finding red white and blue sheets things clicked into place. Oh, so Alfred wasn’t at Jay’s place, Jay was at Alfred’s and had fallen asleep snuggling Hero. Hum, the original plan had been to sneak out before the country got home, but oh well. The state might as well get caught sooner or later. If he never got caught things would start to get boring for him and that was no fun, hence why it was boring to begin with. Anyway, while he had Alfred at eye level, being that he was giving the cat scratches, he reached up and wrapped his arms around his country’s neck. Now, he wasn’t going anywhere unless he decided to pick Jayden up too, which the state was fine with. Leaning forward he decided to nom lightly on Alfred’s nose. ”That’s not polite Alfred, where are your manners?” he asked teasingly while still vaguely asleep before returning to nomming on the nose of his country. Why? Well, mostly it was because he could, but part of it was that his brain decided that it made sense at the time. Also, it totally seemed like a good idea. At least his brain hadn’t decided pouncing and making out with him was a good idea right? Well, it hadn’t yet anyway, so Alfred should probably be glad of that. One would think that a country would know which states were coherent after being surprised and which weren’t and thus which he should and should not do things to for fear of strange consequences. 563/ tag: Alfred~Mandee/ notes: nomnom [/style][style=display: none;]made by ashkir at rpg-directory.com

Jumping back as Jayden fell onto the ground in a tangled mess of blankets with a hiss, Alfred grinned. Jayden reacted even better than he'd expected him to! Alfred proceeded to aim his camera at the other male and snap a picture with his phone just as Jayden poked his head out.

He turned his attention back to Hero, who was curled up on the floor eating up the attention his owner was giving him. Scratching behind the cats ears as Hero gave a loud purr of approval, Alfred paused when he suddenly felt arms around his neck. He knew instantly who the arms belonged to, though he was still surprised.

"Hey, no harm no foul." Alfred said in his own defense. "Besides, you were the one who curled up in bed and fell asleep in someone else's home, Goldilocks." The nickname would have worked better if Jayden actually had blond hair, but he was still going to go with it. "You were asking for it, dude."

Alfred decided to move back to a standing position. It was a little awkward, owing to Jayden's position, but given Alfred's strength he had relatively little issue lifting Jayden up. He could have probably lifted Hero up with his other hand had the cat wanted it, but Hero could apparently smell the anchovies in the air and had already bolted. The cat loved food as much as his owner!

The nation carried Jayden into the living room, finally setting him down on the couch. He headed into the kitchen first, where he saw Hero pacing back and forth on the ground under the counter. The cat looked up and glanced at Alfred, letting out a loud meow. The blond removed the anchovy slice from it's box and set it on a plate, placing that plate down in front of one hungry kitty. Hero starting feasting on this treat almost immediately, while Alfred chuckled and headed back into the living room.

"I got a couple of pizzas. Meat lovers. You want any?" The nation inquired, about to grab a few slices of his own. He'd also bring some down to Tony later, unless the alien came up to grab his own pizza at first. Jayden was lucky in that regard, that Alfred bought pizza with leftovers in mind. He likely wouldn't have enough pizza for Jayden otherwise.

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style,width: 400px; background-color: #382D2C; border-left: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-bottom: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-right: inset 3px #FFFFFF; -moz-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; true] Don't lose self control I'll make the rules up as we go Yeah, so Jayden was particularly confused when he first woke up. Hell, he still got confused when he woke up at Johnny’s house and it took him a few minutes to remember where he was every morning. Though, really, that happened at his own place too, but usually he caught on where he was pretty fast at home. As he poked his head out of the blankets he could hear the distinctive click from a camera, but hadn’t initially registered what that meant. A few moments later he raised an eyebrow at his country. ”Did you just take a picture of me? Trying to make people jealous by telling them I’m your boyfriend now?” he teased half awake. Then arms wrapped around Alfred’s neck and he settled into place on the floor. It wasn’t the coziest spot in the world, but it was better than a sidewalk certainly. He just eyed Alfred slightly at the explanation. ”You are much more Goldilocks than I am blondie, and besides maybe I was hoping you’d just join me.” he said with a wink. ”I was asking for snuggles not an air horn. You need to learn to read body language better Alfred.” he noted with a slight chuckle. Then Alfred stood and suddenly he was being carried. Jayden wrapped his legs around Alfred’s waist and allowed the nation to carry him around the house. He watched as the cat dashed off towards the kitchen and supposed it was probably about time to feed the fluffy creature. The state was carried into the living room and placed on the couch. Alfred disappeared and Jayden peered over the couch to where he was going. He could hear Hero meowing and chuckled slightly. Someone clearly wanted food of some sort right this instant. His cats were very much the same, though he didn’t exactly feed them pizza. They got treats, but pizza wasn’t exactly on the list of such, though he was pretty sure Allie would eat anything. He had caught her trying to eat part of his couch once or twice, and questioned how good that could possibly be. It was fabric and stuffing, and honestly he couldn’t possibly imagine it tasting good in the slightest. Allie was an odd cat, but then again so was Jojo. Maybe just cats in general were odd as a general rule. The state loved them though so he wouldn’t complain. Alfred appeared from the kitchen and asked if he wanted pizza. Hum, yes he could go for some food, it had probably been quite a while since he had eaten. ”Sure, I’ll have some pizza.” he said from his spot on the couch. If Alfred was offering to feed him then he wasn’t going to turn it down. That seemed pointless as he would then just have to go out and acquire food somewhere else then. This was vaguely counterproductive, and he was feeling relatively lazy at the moment. That was probably because he had just woken up though. Regardless, he wasn’t really a picky eater, but then again he wasn’t sure any of the states were. That was probably because they were part of Alfred and he ate enough to feed a whale shark or twelve. 539/ tag: Alfred~Mandee/ notes:whale sharks yes. [/style][style=display: none;]made by ashkir at rpg-directory.com

Alfred arched a brow at Jayden's comment, stashing his phone back into his pocket. "Nah. I just wanted to capture this moment for posterity's sake!" Because if Jayden looked at the picture later, he'd admit that it looked hilarious. He had to.

The blond let out a snort. "You may not have the golden locks, but you did fall asleep in someone else's bed when they weren't home. It fits." They could probably go back and forth on the subject all day. As it was, though, Alfred's stomach gave a loud, deep rumble, and this was about the time that Alfred decided that a change of scenery might be best.

As expected, Jayden responded with a yes. Alfred figured that Jayden would not turn down pizza - Or any food offered, for that matter. Alfred ventured back into the kitchen, opening up a cupboard and grabbing two more plates. He closed the cupboard and set the plates down on the table, proceeding to open one of the two large pizza boxes. He removed three slices and placed them on a plate, followed by three more slices on the other plate. He wasn't sure how many slices Jayden wanted, but decided it didn't matter too much. If Jayden wanted more, he could always get more. If he wanted less, Alfred would gladly take the extra slice off of his hands.

Alfred came into the room with a plate in each hand. He handed Jayden his plate before taking his own seat. He'd opted to sit in the chair he usually settled into when chatting with guests in his living room. "So, how long ago did you get here?" The nation asked conversationally. As Jayden still needed to respond, he decided he had ample time to dig in. He lifted a slice to his mouth and bit down, taking his time and savoring it as he waited.

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style,width: 400px; background-color: #382D2C; border-left: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-bottom: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-right: inset 3px #FFFFFF; -moz-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; true] Don't lose self control I'll make the rules up as we go Jayden ignored the arched brow and instead just shrugged at the look. He did have to chuckle at Alfred’s statement though. ”Sure, that’s what they all say.” he stated, continuing to tease him a bit. If he was asked why, well it was because he had just woken up and was never good at filtering his thoughts. Besides, it was all in good fun, and Alfred had a decent enough sense of humor to make it acceptable. Since it was acceptable, it meant he wouldn’t get kicked out and have to find a flight home right away. Anyway, they were talking about him being goldilocks and he had to definitely disagree still. Just because he fell asleep in Alfred’s bed did not make him such a character. ”Does that make you the three bears? You gonna eat me Alfred?” he asked with a raised eyebrow. It especially fit with the loud rumble Alfred’s stomach made just then, and the state found himself laughing at the timing of such a particular event. Though he did hope that Alfred wouldn’t resort to cannibalism of his own states, that would be relatively uncomfortable he imagined. Also, there was the fact that Alfred was probably a lot stronger than him and so he wouldn’t be able to easily get away, but that shouldn’t be an issue right? He was asked about pizza, and of course accepted the offer. After all, as one of the states he didn’t often turn down food. Well, he did if he had just eaten, but he had just woken up and a snack of pizza would be fabulous right now. It was better than being eaten certainly, and thus he no longer had to worry about such a thing. Really, he probably never did, but it was something that popped into his head and it was a miracle he only asked if he was going to be eaten rather than continue to babble on about why that would suck. He was probably just a bit loopy from waking up was all, and so the thought popped into his head. Jay continued to peer over the couch towards the kitchen and waited for Alfred to return with food. Sure, he could have gotten up and grabbed the slices himself, but he was the guest technically and thus was fine with being served. Granted, he did technically break in and so was a forced guest, but was a guest all the same. The state watched as his country walked into the room with two plates and took his off Alfred when it was offered. Then, he proceeded to start rolling the pizza up into a tube before nomming on the side of it. Yes, he ate pizza weird, and yes he was fine with being judged for it. After all, he knew it was weird, but he didn’t like the crust plain and this was the best way to solve that problem. Hearing the question he pulled a phone out of his pocket to check the time. ”Uh, about four hours I’d say. Holy crap I slept for three and a half hours what’s up with that?” he said sounding mildly confused. Sure he was like a cat, but he didn’t tend to sleep for hours on end during the day like that. Thus, he was a little surprised that he had just passed out like that for so long. Naps usually lasted around an hour or an hour and a half, this one was nearly triple the usual. Ah well, nothing he could do about it now, thus he shrugged and put the phone back in his pocket and returned to eating his pizza roll. 615/ tag: Alfred~Mandee/ notes:cannibalism. yes. [/style][style=display: none;]made by ashkir at rpg-directory.com

Alfred would likely show the picture to others later on, of course. He'd expect the same thing if someone took a picture of him in a similar situation, after all!

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